Supply Planner

Overview:
As the Supply Planner, you will execute supply planning activities for high-mix-low-volume products, as well as work with cross-functional teams to ensure that key business metrics are met.

**Responsibilities**:
Planning
- Independently executes **supply planning activities** for high-mix-low-volume products
- ** Drive consensus process with demand planning** to develop production plan for China made instruments
- Identify and resolve **supply exceptions** by expediting purchase orders, re-allocating materials and changing production priorities to meet revenue and key business metrics
- Proactively communicate **supply status and potential demand risks** with demand planning to ensure sufficient finished goods supply

Warranty claims management
- Independently executes **returns activities** for instruments, spares as well as components for refurbishment
- Proactively assess the **returns process flow and streamline** the process for better efficiency

ECO management
- ** Manage ECR / ECO activities** with Contract Manufacturers and ensure that target turnaround time for impact sheet submission is met

Continuous improvement and reporting
- Actively engage cross-functional teams and external suppliers to deliver **business metrics** (e.g. Product Availability, On-Time Delivery, AOP) and drive actions to meet/exceed goals
- Analyze and report warranty claims data to gain meaningful insights to common failure reasons and other factors that impact warranty cost

Qualifications:

- Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain or equivalent
- Minimum 3 to 5 years experience in Supply Planning
- Strong knowledge and proficient in Microsoft MS Excel preferred
- Knowledge of SAP (including SAP APO) preferred
- Able to collaborate effectively with internal / external stakeholders to deliver expected results to Waters
- Strong analytical skills, meticulous with keen eye for business and customer focus

Company Description:
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.
- Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status._